Central-place forager effects on food web dynamics and spatial pattern in northern California meadows

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1236-1245

  Chase, Jonathan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Central place; Food chains; Foraging; Grasshoppers; Meadows; Sceloporus occidentalis; Trophic cascades; Western fence lizard

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL PLACE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; FOOD WEB; FORAGING; TROPHIC CASCADE;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

POACEAE; SCELOPORUS OCCIDENTALIS; SCELOPORUS UNDULATUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0031823439     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[1236:CPFEOF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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